Blue Mountain Road in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Blue Mountain Road in UT

Road corridorBLM, Vernal

16 mi from Naples

Maps 5,282 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Local restrictions may apply; check the land manager’s camping rules.

BLM Vernal Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • BLM plans 6.5 of this road’s 15.7 miles as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly graded dirt with 6.4 miles of dirt, but the condition is unverified.
  • Estimated climb: 3,600 ft over 15.7 miles, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 21%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 0.4 and mile 2.1: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Cliff Ridge stands 2,944 ft above the map pin, 4.2 miles southeast.
  • South Fork Cub Creek runs 0.9 mi off.

Rules

  • Camp at least 300 ft from range improvement. (BLM Utah-managed public lands (statewide dispersed camping fact sheet))
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 34–65°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.